Published 3:17 pm, Friday, April 22, 2016

Mrs. Reese was born July 8, 1927 in Colling, Mi. She was an LPN for the Health Department for 12 years. She was a volunteer school teacher and a librarian before becoming a nurse. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Winter Haven. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert Deese and daughter Diane Stanczak.

Funeral services were conducted at the Whidden-McLean Funeral Home, at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Interment was at the Wildwood Cemetery in Bartow, Fl. Condolences at www.whiddenmcleanfuneralhome.com

She has lived in Marlette the past three years and was previously from Nashville, TN.

She was born April 2, 1922 in Watertown, Tennessee, daughter to the late William and Eula (Vinson) Thompson.

She married James T. Smith, who passed away in 1971. Later she married Raymond Dunsford January 9, 1977 in Nashville, TN. He preceded her in death November 14, 2008.

She was a member of the First Church of Nazarene in Nashville, TN.

She was a homemaker and also worked for Genesco Corp. in Nashville.

She is survived by step sons, J. Paul and Florence Dunsford of Marlette and Gary and Jean Dunsford of Mt. Juliet, TN; brother, Charles and Harriet Thompson of TN.; sisters, Mary Alice Gentry of S.C. and Betty Jo Spears of N.C.; five step-grandchildren and 10 step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands and sister Gwendolyn Brown.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at Marsh Funeral Chapel Marlette with Pastor Daniel Bowman of Marlette United Methodist Church officiating.

Additional services on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Spring Hill Funeral Home in Nashville, TN., with burial to follow at Spring Hill Cemetery.